Newspaper

Pasadena Star News

Date

September 13, 2004

Pages

p. A3

Subjects

Library of Congress

Veterans History Project

Oral History

War Storie

Macy, Bob

Soldiers

Interviews

Item ID

29258AN

Collection

Newspaper Index

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See also VF Santa Anita Assembly Center for Mrs. Murayama's oral history

1. Interview with Roy H. Pike, who has lived in Arcadia since 1925. (1976)

2. Interview with George McCoy, 81 years old. Sept. 1978.

3. Conversation held July 10, 1980 with Mary Cuellar Rodrigues.

4. Conversations and interview with Henry Mauch and his wife, Cacilie, at their home September 12, 1980.

5. Raymond Bowman, Arcadia High School Band Director. 1976

6. Patrick Carlin, Arcadia resident. 1976

7. Dr. Norvell Dice, Superintendent of Arcadia Schools, 1976

8. Eunice Easley, secretary to Mr. Lowery McCaslin, owner of Anoakia. 1976

9. Julian Fisher, son of E.J. Baldwin's farrier. 1976.

10. Fujikawa. Interview about Japanese internment. 1976

11. Edwin J. Gengler. 1977

12. Mrs. James M. Green. 1976

13. James Griffitts, former City Councilman. 1976

14. R.H. Hamilton, resident at 170 E. Longden Avenue, 1976

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15. Rudolph Hartman, pioneer pharmacist of Sierra Madre who remembered Anita Baldwin. 1976

16. Morris Hegg, long time plumbing contractor . 1976

17. Murray Imhoff. 1976

18. Benjamin Kiley. 1976

19. Ed Knisley, son of business manager of Anita Baldwin in later years. 1976.

20. Florence Knurr, owner of Clara Baldwin Stocker home on Foothill Boulevard. 1977.

21. Earl Kramer. 1976.

22. Tony Lopez, son of family that formerly lived on Baldwin Ranch. 1976.

23. Mrs. James Matthews. 1976

24. Joseph Mullender, grandson of Clara Baldwin. 1976

25. Joseph Mullender. 1977.

26. Catherine Mundy, newspaper columnist with the Arcadia Tribune. 1976 or 1977.

27. Roy Pike, Arcadia Poultryman. 1976

28. Sidney Platford, local history authority and long-time Arcadia resident. 1976

29. Raymond Ramuz, nurseryman. 1976

30. Conrad Reibold, former City Councilman. 1976

31. F. Harold Roach, Arcadia Tribune owner and editor for many years. 1976

32. F. Harold Roach. Interview by different interviewer.

33. Mark Sellers, jockey who grew up in Arcadia. 1977

34. William Shoemaker, noted jockey. 1976.

35. Mrs. Marilyn Stoke, race horse owner. 1976.

36. Miss Adele Strutzenberg. 1976

37. Fernando Toro, jockey. 1976

38. Adrian E. Winkler. 1976.

39. Alice Wood. 1976

40. Joseph D. Mullender, great grandson of Lucky Baldwin. 1964

41. Joseph D. Mullender and Mrs. W.A. Heater, recent owner of Clara Baldwin Stocker home.

42. Claire Charles, friend of Anita Baldwin. 1963

43. Charles W. Jones, mayor of Sierra Madre in 1907. 1962

44. William D. Millard, sixth mayor of Arcadia. 1963.

45. Clara Bertolina, whose husband used to work for Lucky Baldwin. 1968.

46. Lucille Bateman. 1976

47. John Edmund Moore, "My life story," no date.

48. Julian Fisher, son of E.J. Baldwin's African-American farrier. August 4, 1976. Transcribed interview conducted at Julian Fisher's home.

49. Julian Fisher, son of E.J. Baldwin's African-American farrier. August 17, 1976. Transcribed interview.

50. Joe Sciarra, an Arcadia resident and World War II veteran, born in 1924. Interviewed on video, on June 1, 2022. Transcribed interview. Joe's 6 part oral history videos can be viewed at Arcadia Public Library's YouTube playlist called Arcadia Oral History Project at https://tinyurl.com/mukmyfv9

Subjects

Oral History

Physical Description

3 folders

Item ID

159AF

Collection

Subject Files

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ORAL HISTORY AUDIO TAPES On ¼ inch magnet tape, 7 inch reel: Mrs. Clara Bertolina, March 8, 1968; Mrs. Claire Charles, February 13, 1963; Jones, first mayor of Sierra Madre, November 15, 1962; Floyd and Mildred Kingsley, May 17, 1968; Edna Lenz and Justine Wishek, January 26, 1967; Mr. Mullender and his wife, 1964; Mrs. Heater and Mr. Mullender, March 11, 1964; Dr. Lawrence Powell (Dean of UCLA Library School), speech January 12, 1962. On compact cassette: Lucille Bateman, May 19, 1976; Mrs. Clara Bertolina, March 8, 1968; Jones, first mayor of Sierra Madre, November 15, 1962; Edna Lenz and Justine Wishek, January 26, 1967; George McCoy, September 1978; Mr. Mullender and his wife, 1964; Mrs. Heater and Mr. Mullender, March 11, 1964; Seymour, Hortense (Music)-no date

Subjects

Oral History Audio Tapes

Location

History Room

Box Number

Box 94

Shelf Number

Shelf C6

Item ID

400AF

Collection

Subject Files

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1. "The Santa Anita Rancho." By Percy Bonebrake. Seven pages.

2. "Caminos - Pioneering with the Paynes (Dee M. Payne), 1907-1947." Published by the Arcadia Historical Society.

3. "Tales of Ben Benadum, Parts I, II and III." Arcadia Tribune August 11 and 14, 1968.

4. "From the notebook of Bruce R. Wetmore, Part 1." No date, four pages.

5. "From the notebook of Bruce R. Wetmore, Part 2." No date, six pages.

6. Shiershke, R. M. - Family History. Beginning narration to be supplemented. Received July, 1978.

7. "Reminiscences of boyhood in Arcadia." Arcadia Tribune, September 21, 1978.

8. "Arcadia city father taps old memories (James A. Stoker)." Arcadia Tribune, August 10, 1967. Two copies.

9. "Arcadia 'just growed like little topsy' (R.H. Schwartzkopf)." Pasadena Star News, January 1950.

10. "Arcadian tells lot of history (Tom Hefferon)." Daily News Post, January 4, 1968.

11. "Ray Dorn, a key figure in Arcadia's life style." Arcadia Tribune, August 11, 1971.

12. Personal recollections of Ranelds Haag. Four page letter from Haag to cousin Alice Schrock, December 1982.

13. "R.H. Schwartzkopf: Pioneer Arcadia Developer." Three pages of conversation compiled by Nancy Hutton, while talking with subject, Summer 1954.

14. Personal recollections of Vera Van Houten Van Iwaarden, November 1980.

15. Personal recollections of Laura Kreutzkamp Belden, daughter of Arcadia Santa Fe Railway agent, 1909-1915. Two pages from an interview with Pat McAdam, November 1980.

16. Interview with Gladys Daniels (Mrs. Albert) conducted by Pat McAdam, February 13, 1981.

17. Recollections of Adrian Winkler as told to Pat McAdam, January 1981.

18. Recollections of Grace Cook, daughter of Jim Duff. News article, no date.

19. Miscellaneous recollections of Arcadia residents during the 1920's. One page of excerpts from long oral interviews conducted by high school students. Use proper names indicated on this page to look up other files on these individuals.

20. Background of Carl Ettensperger, owner of a dairy originally on Sixth and Valnett, circa 1920. Information given by his daughter-in-law, May 1981.

21. Anonymous recollections from the 1930's and 1940's.

22. Recollections of Ava Fickling/ Letter written by subject circa 1966-1967 regarding her father's life and work as foreman of the Lucky Baldwin Rancho.

23. Recollections of Harriet Jordan Mooney. Letter written by subject to Pat McAdam, April 7, 1982.

24. Recollections of Reid Greer, December 1981.

25. Letter from Leon F. Case dated November 12, 2000. With computer enhanced pictures from Leon Case's childhood in Arcadia, with some captions: images of Leon Case at Santa Anita Motor Inn, children on horseback, his mother in 1944.

26. Musings by Jerry Selmer, an article from the Friends of the Library newsletter "Among Friends," Feb-Mar 2010, about Santa Anita Park as a 'relocation center' during World War II. Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese.

Subjects

Personal Narratives (SEE ALSO - Oral History)

Item ID

102AF

Collection

Subject Files

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